Java Backend Engineer /Principal Consultant

N Consulting Ltd
Sheffield, United Kingdom
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 150K

Job location

Remote
Sheffield, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Code Review
Github
Software Systems
Large Language Models
Prompt Engineering
Spring-boot
Backend
REST
GPT
Microservices

Job description

We're looking for talented engineers to join our customer-facing AI practice, from Senior Forward Deployed Engineers through to Principal-level AI technical leaders. You'll work directly with clients to uncover problems, build prototypes, and guide full AI-enabled solution lifecycles.

This is a role for engineers who:

  • Enjoy building real software that makes a difference
  • Are passionate about AI and its practical application
  • Thrive at the intersection of technical leadership and client engagement

What You'll Do

Customer-Facing Leadership

  • Lead discovery workshops with technical and business stakeholders
  • Represent the organisation's technical capabilities in high-stakes client meetings
  • Build trust and long-term relationships with engineering teams and decision-makers

Solution Development & Architecture

  • Build and iterate working AI prototypes quickly
  • Architect scalable, maintainable systems from prototype to production
  • Make sophisticated technical decisions balancing AI innovation, quality, and deployment needs

Technical Mentorship & Team Growth

  • Guide engineers through technical delivery, code reviews, and architectural discussions
  • Elevate team capabilities through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and internal workshops
  • Contribute to best practices, reusable components, and solution standards

AI Mastery & Innovation

  • Implement AI solutions leveraging LLMs, foundation models, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems
  • Design evaluation frameworks addressing bias, hallucination detection, and business impact
  • Explore novel AI applications while integrating traditional ML techniques where appropriate, Senior AI Engineer Sheffield - 1-2x week in office This is an exciting opportunity to join a business that is investing heavily in AI and modern cloud technologies. You will play a key role in building AI-driven products that have a direct impact on customer experience,...

Requirements

For Senior Engineers:

  • 5-8+ years building robust, scalable software systems
  • Full-stack development capability across modern technologies
  • Client-facing experience or technical consulting skills
  • AI curiosity and hands-on experimentation with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot

For Principal Engineers:

  • 8+ years delivering complex, enterprise-grade software
  • Proven AI/ML expertise with production deployment experience
  • Advanced knowledge of transformer architectures, foundation models, and prompt engineering
  • Senior stakeholder engagement experience and ability to lead high-level AI strategy, Sr Java Backend Engineer /Principal Consultant Join to apply for the Sr Java Backend Engineer /Principal Consultant role at Natobotics - Hands-on expertise with Spring Boot (REST APIs, Microservices) - Experience building and deploying containerised applications...

Benefits & conditions

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